Montreal exhibit showcases the many sides of painter Edmund Alleyn
Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail, Friday, Jun. 10, 2016.
« Alleyn made art for half a century, and seems never to have reached any final conclusions about his foremost concern, other than to remain open to whatever appeared on his canvas. »
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/montreal-exhibit-showcases-the-many-sides-of-painter-edmund-alleyn/article30394758/
Regard social et introspection chez Edmund Alleyn
Marie-Ève Charron, Le Devoir, 4 juin 2016
« Jusqu’au bout, la peinture semble avoir été le véhicule de prédilection en proposant des avenues à l’écart des traditions, à commencer par celle, mythique, de l’abstraction. »
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http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/472484/regard-social-et-introspection-chez-edmund-alleyn
Iceberg Blues. An iconic work by Edmund Alleyn unveiled at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
May 26, 2016.
« Tel un tableau vivant aussi familier que déconcertant, Iceberg Blues présente des personnages peints grandeur nature sur de grands panneaux de plexiglas, matériau synthétique relativement nouveau à l’époque.»
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https://www.mbam.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mmfa-release-iceberg-blues.pdf
Rediscovering the lost genius of Edmund Alleyn – Exhibition at the MAC seeks to restore reputation of a modern master of Quebec painting
Jonathan Montpetit, CBC Newa, 22 mai, 2016
« Because he had a language battle being [an] anglophone who was then was brought up in French school, I think images really became his language and his country. »
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/edmund-alleyn-mus%C3%A9e-art-contemporain-de-montr%C3%A9al-1.3594374
L’argonaute de l’art
Éric Clément, La Presse +, 21 mai 2016
« Combinant un talent impressionnant (il faut voir ses dessins…), une soif d’intensité créatrice et une grande acuité vis-à-vis de son environnement, il avait le goût de faire siens tous les médiums. Tel l’argonaute en quête de toison d’or, cet artiste a, durant toute sa carrière, poussé ses recherches au-delà du connu, du palpable, du prévisible. Hors norme, Edmund Alleyn était un explorateur de l’art. »
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/edmund-alleyn-mus%C3%A9e-art-contemporain-de-montr%C3%A9al-1.3594374
Edmund Alleyn at the MAC. An independent artist and the mark he left on the history of art,
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, May 18, 2016
« From May 19 to September 25, 2016, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) is very proud to present the work of Edmund Alleyn, a major Québec artist who influenced many in the next generation of artists and whose place in the history of Québec art deserves to be illuminated. »
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http://www.macm.org/en/communiques/edmund-alleyn-at-the-mac/